Bridge Failure Database
Marcy bridge (Utica-Rome Expressway project)
| Year | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Type | Foot |
| Country | United States (108) |
| Cause | Design error |
| Details | Global torsional buckling, bridge not braced properly as workers built it. The braces could not hold the long, narrow bridge as workers poured the concrete deck onto it. |
| Fatalities | 1 |
| Injuries | 9 |
| Collapse | complete |
| Phase | construction |
| Period | 1991-2009 |
| Continent | North America |
| Reference | http://www.uticaod.com/archive/2004/07/01/news/36576.html |
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